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Collective Grief. A whole new world for us.

5th April 2020 By Jonelle 4 Comments

Girl with balloon Banksy

On March 23, Scott Berinato published an article on Harvard  Business Review called “That Discomfort You’re Feeling is Grief” and it went viral. The piece was brilliant, so much so that it was shared by my work internal comms team. It resonated with so many people because we’re not used to being in the exact…

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Filed Under: Blog, Death & Grief, Life, Reflections on Life Tagged With: collective grief, coping with grief, grief

Home. Where the heart breaks?

30th March 2020 By Jonelle 2 Comments

I sit here in my privileged little bubble. My house up on the hill, with my view of the ocean. Heating, a flushable toilet, running water. Groceries in the cupboard. Much much more than we need. We buy in advance, enough for a month. A freezer full of meat. We did not stockpile toilet paper….

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Notes from the frontline staff – COVID-19 Pandemic

22nd March 2020 By Jonelle Leave a Comment

coronavirus map

Things are insane right now, for the average person. People are finding it so hard to deal with simple requests like STAY HOME. People are going about their business with their heads up their bums acting like this isn’t THEIR problem. The world is crashing and this is not the time for stupidity. It isn’t…

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Learning to back myself. Allow myself to be more. Learning to back myself. 
Allow myself to be more. 
More out there. 
More out of my comfort zone. 
More authentic. 
More me. 

This coat is fucking fabulous. 
I was terrified to buy it... it's too much. Over the top. Not me. 

Well. This is me. 
This is my coat. 

Guess it's me now. 

#embraceyourself #authenticself #beyourself #backyourself #zarastyle #leopardprint #zara
It was a cold November day and she had dressed her It was a cold November day and she had dressed herself up in layers of cardigans and covered the whole lot with her old tweed coat, the one she might have used for feeding the chickens in.

#barbarapym #janeandprudence #qotd #quotesaboutchickens #chooks #chooksofinstagram #aliceandclementine #chickens #backyardchooks #backyardchickens
The perfect Sunday. All day on the couch. Prosec The perfect Sunday. 
All day on the couch. 
Prosecco. 
Burgers. 

Dreading Monday.
I need a holiday.... 

#summerday #wellingtonnz #prosecco #oceanview
And in the naked light, I saw Ten thousand people, And in the naked light, I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs that voices never share
And no one dared
Disturb the sound of silence

#hellodarknessmyoldfriend #soundofsilence #disturbed #home #redandgreen #homestyling #sanseveria
Date night. Date night.
Bit my pretty red heart in two. I was ten when th Bit my pretty red heart in two.

I was ten when they buried you.   

At twenty I tried to die

And get back, back, back to you.

I thought even the bones would do.

#sylviaplath #darkpoetry #poems
It's the kind of tired that sleep can't fix. #bat It's the kind of tired that sleep can't fix. 
#bathtime #metime #whiskygram
Tiny house living. When your kitchen counter doubl Tiny house living. When your kitchen counter doubles as your office space. 

#wfh #wfhlife #workfromhome #homestyling #tinyspaces #smallhouse

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